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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1925
Page
11
Ex service man recalls a wartime romance with Lucille Guillemont, inspired by the Madelon legend. He shares how her gentleness and friendship in France lifted spirits during the Great War, while soldiers sang the marching song.
A Dillon column lists scholars eligible for promotion in dth 6th and 6th grades with averages above seven percent. It notes J E Morse visiting the capital and Phil Thorpe recovering from illness. A Montana street remark mocks Missourians and Indians. A spring poem is delayed by a late snow storm. Demand for domestic help rises with offers of female housework work in Dillon.
Elza Smith buys a bicycle signaling his up-to-date status in Dillon. Chief Pat Phillips also owns a wheel as irrigation wrangles loom. Residents plan to attend Bannack’s Maggie A Gibson christening. About 6000 cattle moved to Big Hole basin pastures last week.
In May 1911 the Beaverhead County Fair Association contracted Northwest Amusement Company of Portland for outside attractions during Fair week. Frankie Andrus hosted a Sunday dinner for four friends Ethel Adams Gladys Gray Viola Hollingsworth Candace Landers. Burfield traveled to Bozeman to visit brother Henry at the State Agricultural College. Forsyth Rosebud mine at Colestrip yields 2500 tons of coal daily and hires 90 men five days weekly.
A Dillon complaint cites Mrs. F. A. Bourassa describing kidney irregularities backache dizziness and eye appearances. The ad claims Doan's Pills from the Kupfer Drug Co cured her and promotes the product price 60 cents with Foster-Milburn Co. as manufacturers.
Transfers recorded in the Beaverhead Abstract Company title books show whoses who purchased and sold properties during the week ending April 25 1925. Names of buyers sellers and parcel locations appear in the abstract records reflecting the local real estate activity.
U S patents list 160 acre parcels to Knox Brown Gurley Sage Rost Meater and others in Centennial valley Big Hole basin and near Dell Monida with 482.29 114.89 437.65 252.15 acre tracts. warranty deeds show Olson to Nelson and Peterson and other transfers. sheriff and letters testamentary notices include Mooney to Security State Bank and Stolteben estate.
A joint crew from city and county departments works this week to drag and level thoroughfares. Water mains previously ridged along streets are leveled after flooding, with a Fordson and drag smoothing uneven spots. Lewistown contracts call for 400 acres of seed peas and 100 acres of beans.
An old advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as a safe cough remedy for children, claiming fifty years of reliable use and status as one of the world’s best selling cough medicines. Potts the druggist endorses the product and warns against substitutes.
A Texas essay collection urges restraint with danger and desire. It echoes on ambition character and the race between will and effort, contrasting wealth power and aging while mourning the muckraker and praising steadfast resolve.
Marlynn Davis of 514 Grand Avenue Laramie Wyoming places a work wanted advertisement seeking employment in town or country settings. Public notice runs in the classifieds and invites potential employers to respond.
Send your name and address with 10 cents to Chamberlain Medicine Co Des Moines Iowa and receive a trial package of Chamberlain tablets for stomach troubles and indigestion along with Chamberlain Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy and Chamberlain Salve for burns wounds and skin ailments. Try these valued family medicines for only 10 cents.
Miss Alice Roe county superintendent of schools returned last Saturday from Missoula after attending the state short course for country superintendents. She reports the gathering offered much practical instruction and was the best she had attended. Instructors included Dr. Evan A. Luce of Cedar Falls Iowa and several state education leaders.
Among Dillon business houses that underwent a spring cleanup the White Cafe on Montana street operated by E F Sill received a new coat of paint and a large electric sign enhancing its appearance and appeal.
The article notes Edison’s early electric light bulbs sold for $1.25 each and have fallen to 27 cents. It contrasts past value, stating that by 1905 a dollar bought 3,000 candle hours of light, while today it buys about 18,000 candle hours.
The Helena Land Office will close on April 30 and transfer all records to the land office in Great Falls Montana, as reported by register F A Motz. The move affects local land filings and future inquiries will be directed to the Great Falls office.
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